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M. FREUND.

BILL FOLD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1919.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented July 15, 1919.

Application filed March 27, 191%. Serial No. 285,513.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAX FREUND, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the cit v,county, and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Bill-Folds, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a bill fold or pocket-book, and the object ofthis invention is to provide an article of this character which will beadapted to fold compactly into the smallest possible space, and yetafford the maximum amount of space or capacity for holding bills.

With these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, inview, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts set forth indetail below, and more particularly pointed out in the claim appendedhereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart'hereof, in which,

Figure 1 is a front face View of my improved bill fold;

Fig. 2 is a front face view of the same in a partly folded position;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bill fold in its completely foldedposit on;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4: of Fig. 3, 1 king in thedirection of the arrows; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows, and showin one of the ways in which the billsmay carried.

Throughout the various views of .the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invenas disclosed in the accompanyingdrawing. 1 indicates the body portion of the bill fold whi h may 'be ofleather, cloth or any desired material. The body portion 1 is in theform of a narrow elongated strip of material and at its upperlongitudinal edge it is provided with a pair of integrally formed flaps2 and 3. Connected to the lower longitudinal edge of the body of thebill fold is a flap 4, this flap being connected to the body portion byan expansiblestrip I). The cxpansible strip 5 lies in between the. bodyportion 1 and flap 4-, and is secured thereto by the lines of stitchingti. Uri-one ting the carrying of denomination, and the bills end of thebody 1 of the bill fold is the closure flap 7, which is provided withclosure means in the form of a snap-fastener memher 8, which is adaptedto engage a complementary snap fastener member 9 at the opposite end ofthe body portion 1, and on the rear face of the same, when the bill foldis iEn its completely folded position as shown in From the foregoing,the operation of my improved bill fold will be readily understood. Tofold the device to its completely folded position as shown in Fig. 3,the bills 10, which are folded longitudinally. are placed upon thebodyportion 1, and the upper flaps 2 and 3 are then folded upon the dottedline 11, down upon them, after which the flap 4 is folded and rests uponor overlies the flaps 2. If desired, however, the flap 4 may be firstfolded over the bills, and then the flaps 2 and 3 folded to overlie theflap 4. The device in its partly folded position is shown in Fig.2,after which it is folded transversely along the line 12, the body of'thebill fold being cut away at 13 and 14, to readily permit folding of thedevice without causing undue bulkiness. After the device has been foldedalong the line 12, the closure flap 7 is caused to be folded to brin itsfastener member 8 into engagement with the fastener member 9, and thusthe device forms a. small, compact article, which affords a largecontaining capacity. The expansible strip 5 allows a considerable degreeof movement of the flap 4 away from the body portion 1, permitof bills,without in any way distorting the bill fold.

When desired, the flap 4: can be used to form a partition or dividingstrip betweenthe bills. This arrangement is disclosed in Fig. 5. Thebills 10 may be bills of large 15 may be smaller hills, which can bereadily kept separate from the bills 10 by placing the bills 15 in theposition shown, wherein they are folded longitudinally similar to thebills 10, and the flap 4 is placed between the folds of the bills 15 asshown. By this arrangement, it is possible to remove any of the bills 15without disturbing or disclosing the bills 10.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to berestricted to the exact a considerable amount embodiment shown, but isbroad enough to mediate said flaps, a flap at the opposite cover allstructures comingwithin the scope longitudinal side of said bodyportion, an exof the annexed claims. pansible strip connecting said flapand body Having described my invention, what I portion, and a cut-awayportion on said 5 claim is: strip and flap, saidflap and body portion Anarticle of the class described, compris being adapted to be folded on aline coning an elongated body portion, a pair of neoting the twocut-away portions.

flaps formed integral on one of the longi- Signed at the city, countyand State of tudinal sides of said body portion, a cut- New York, this24th day of March, 1919. 10 away portion on the body portion inter- MAXFREUND.

